Let your voice be heard at the City Plan Commission by Sura, January 21

+++ Update+++

This has been taken off the table until the community has more of an opportunity to voice concerns. Thank you Alder Zielinski!

There is a meeting at the City Plan Commission on Monday to create legislation to regulate murals. If this passes, any future Art in the Alleys project will become prohibitively expensive (all work and paint was donated).

Homeowners – Do you want to pay an extra fee (tax) on art murals on your garages?

Artists – Do you want your art censored and hindered by government?

Allies – Do you want city bureaucrats deciding what your neighborhood should look like and what tools you should use to beautify your alleys?

Let your voice be heard at the City Plan Commission!

If you can’t make the meeting, please write a letter to your Alder and the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee members (below).

City Plan Commission
January 26, 2009
1:30 PM
809 N. Broadway, 1st Floor Boardroom
Zoning – Public Hearing – 1:30 PM
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21 Jan 2009 | 1:13 pm | Art | No comments yet - Add your comments

Art in the Alleys by Sura, August 5

Our 3D Vision group is working on a community art and beautification project.

We want to beautify and make our neighborhoods safer and we’d like to use one or two of our alleys (or streets) as pilot projects which might spur more interest throughout Riverwest and beyond. In the short run this will result in us being part of ArtWalk and getting a little press, and in the long run we hope this idea spreads out into other parts of the city.

Specifically, we’re working right now to hook up with some artists (of all ages and genres, come on over!) who would be willing to paint murals on garage doors. Property owners will receive a rough sketch of the work to be done, and would have input and say in what goes on their space. This could expand to stencils for use in alleys (or on trash cans, to encourage their use), or personalized stencils to go in front of each house, according to the specifications of the resident/homeowner. We could also do a little gardening in the occasional small patches that are found in some alleys.

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5 Aug 2008 | 10:19 am | 3rd District, Art, DIY - Do It Yourself, Safety | No comments yet - Add your comments